Walking home from work today - Part 3

Walking home from work today - Part 2

Walking home from work today - Part 1

Cape May, NJ

K and A at Cape May, NJ.

Summer Palace, Beijing - July 24'08

Warning - Giant Baby!

She's not actually that big. Just testing "Blog This!" feature in Picasa.

The Passenger's Bill of Duties

BusinessWeek's "Ask the Ethics Guy!" column: The Passenger's Bill of Duties

Should be mandatory for every person that flies on a commercial airline.

Seen while driving down my street today...

The 15 year-old in me couldn't resist taking a picture.



In my defense, Katherine was giggling with me.

GE, Microsoft Discussed Dow Jones Bid: Report - New York Times

Wow.

GE, Microsoft Discussed Dow Jones Bid: Report - New York Times

Olympic-themed graffiti appears in Changchun_Society—China Economic Net

Olympic-themed graffiti appears in Changchun_Society—China Economic Net



Hard to say if this is "Olympic propaganda" or not. It's hard for me to imagine a graffiti team doing this on their own. But what do I know?

The people I'm working with...

Chris and I.



John and I.

Outer Wall of the Forbidden City

If I get a few hours off before I leave I intend to go inside. (I was told that I need 3-4 hours to actually tour the interior.)

The Great Hall of the People

We had a day off on Sunday. One of the things we did was visit Tienanmen square. Here's some pics:

Only 2 problems with Beijing

As I see it, the city only has 2 real problems that need to be fixed before the Olympics: pollution & traffic (in that order).

Weekday morning at 6 am, lots of smog and lots of cars:




Sunday at 11:00 am still smoggy, but less traffic:



(Sorry for the aggravating reflections on the window.)

Flowers

The hotel is very nice. I have flowers on my desk:



And flowers in my toilet bowl:



It's very nice.

blocked, or just not working?!

Hi. I have been trying to see this blog but I can't seem to access
it. Going to try to log in via GE firewall.

(Posted via e-mail).

jay

Not a very popular store

International Broadcast Center

We've been pretty busy and I've not had a chance to post much (as you can tell). However, yesterday we visited the "Olympic Green" and had a chance to visit the IBC (our temporary TV station and HQ while at the Games). IT IS HUGE and very "under construction".











Suspended particulate?




Wally...


Dust control

Busy, sorry.

Sorry about the lack of updates / pics. I've got some stuff but have been too busy to sit my laptop.

I hope have some time in the morning (next 7 hrs), before nmy new days starts.

Lag

I am really feeling the jet lag now, which is a good thing. I'd rather feel crappy now, early in the trip, than later when things are busier and everyone else is "on schedule". I couldn't stay awake during the car ride back to the hotel (from our last location survey of the day) and went right to bed when we got back home around 5 pm. I was smart enough to set my alarm for 7 pm. If I hadn't, I'm sure that I would have slept until midnight or 1 am and then be completely awake during the middle of the night.

On second thought, it's not that I am smart to set my alarm. Rather, I am dumb / unlucky enough to have completely messed-up my schedule on past trips overseas. Being completely awake at 3 am for a few days in a row can be torture.

My body/brain thinks it's the middle of the night and really does NOT want to be awake, but sitting in the drafty AC is waking me up. If I can just stay away until 10 pm, I should be able to get back to sleep and stay in bed all night.

Time to grab a shower, a bite and a beer.